# Anyone else think the upcoming Robin Williams/SMG series is doomed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924 "2013-08-23T00:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/41 "2013-08-28T21:19:31Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the trend towards “let’s pretend these characters are interacting about one thing but it sounds like they’re talking about sex/being gay” didn’t begin in the _90s_. Try two decades earlier at a minimum. Yeah - isn’t that the plot of every episode of Three’s Company? One roommate over hears the other two talking and thinks its about sex when really they’re just trying to get the stuffing into the Thanksgiving turkey or something. Then the first roomie bursts into the room to break up the tryst that isn’t a tryst and wow, don’t they feel silly! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/42 "2013-08-28T21:29:05Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Even the Michael J. Fox show. The jokes about Parkinson’s disease are going to wear thin pretty quickly. I agree. The premise is a little shaky. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/43 "2013-08-29T16:23:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I agree. The premise is a little shaky. Well, shit. You just burned thru their entire joke repertoire 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/44 "2013-08-29T22:28:56Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > I see from the IMDB page that James Wolk is in it. Thus, I hope the series dies a quick, early death so that Wolk can get back to playing his “Mad Men” character Bob Benson. I mean really, SC & P just wouldn’t be the same without that snivelling, sycophantic fairy around. Who’d take Joan and her rugrat out for days at the beach? Admit it, you’re actually Roger Sterling. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/45 "2013-08-29T22:34:43Z")
They’ve apparently switched gears, at least in my town. Now the promos are no longer silly/funny…they’re heartwarming family fuzzies. This is going to suck, and suck hard. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/46 "2013-08-29T23:05:05Z")
I’m guessing Williams and Geller are contracted in such a way that the success or failure of the show doesn’t matter much to them. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924/47 "2013-08-29T23:49:04Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > Yeah - isn’t that the plot of every episode of Three’s Company? One roommate over hears the other two talking and thinks its about sex when really they’re just trying to get the stuffing into the Thanksgiving turkey or something. Then the first roomie bursts into the room to break up the tryst that isn’t a tryst and wow, don’t they feel silly! That’s exactly what I thought of. This also describes every interaction between Mr.Roper and the roommates. I loved _Three’s Company_ when I was a kid. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-the-upcoming-robin-williams-smg-series-is-doomed/666924.md?page=2)